Lake-Effect Snow, Northern Herkimer
- When
- December 25, 5:00 AM EST to December 26, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Herkimer forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 25 to 26, 2022
A persistent band of lake-effect snow off Lake Ontario amid a bitter cold air mass dropped southward just enough to bring heavy snowfall to far northern portions of Herkimer County on December 25-26, 2022. Snowfall totals of around 10 inches were reported with this band before it lifted back northward out of the county.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A persistent band of lake-effect snow off Lake Ontario amid a bitter cold air mass dropped southward just enough to bring heavy snowfall to far northern portions of Herkimer County on December 25-26, 2022. Snowfall totals of around 10 inches were reported with this band before it lifted back northward out of the county.
Key impacts: none.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lake-Effect Snow
- Heavy snow in bands downwind of a large lake as cold air crosses warmer water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1070833.